Nuri Şahin (volleyball)

Nuri Şahin
Personal information
Full name Nuri Şahin
Born (1980-01-01) January 1, 1980
Tokat, Turkey
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Spike 330 cm (130 in)
Block 325 cm (128 in)
Volleyball information
Position Libero
Current club Turkey Halkbank Ankara
Number 14
Career
YearsTeams
1994–1995
1995–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2008
2008–2012
2012–		Turkey Eczacıbaşı
Turkey Galatasaray
Turkey Emlak Bankası
Turkey Arçelik
Turkey Fenerbahçe
Turkey Arkas Izmir
Turkey Halkbank Ankara
National team
 Turkey
Honours
Competitor for  Turkey
Men's volleyball
Universiade
2005 İzmir
Last updated: April 30, 2015

Nuri Şahin (born January 1, 1980 in Tokat, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) tall at 91 kg (201 lb), and plays as libero. He capped 155 times for the Turkey men's national volleyball team. As of 2012-13 season, Şahin plays for Halkbank Ankara and wears number 5.[1][2] He studied at Marmara University.[3]

Born on January 1, 1980 in Tokat, Şahin began playing volleyball already in the primary school. In 1994, he became professional at Eczacıbaşı. He was then member of Galatasaray, Emlakbank, Arçelik, Fenerbahçe and lately of Arkas Spor Izmir[4][5] before he transferred in July 2012 to Halkbank Ankara.[2][6]

Nuri Şahin is married since 2006 and has a son, Alp Toğan Şahin, born in 2011.[6]

He was member of the Turkey men's national volleyball team, which became champion at the 2005 Summer Universiade held in İzmir, Turkey. He won the Men's CEV Cup 2012–13 with Halkbank Ankara and was named "Best Receiver" of the tournament.[7]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

National championships

Individual

National team

References

  1. ↑ "Nuri Şahin" (in Turkish). Halkbank Spor. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  2. 1 2 "Nuri Şahin Halkbank’ta". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  3. ↑ "Voleybol Kafilesi Listesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Universiade 2005 Izmir. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  4. ↑ "Arkas Spor ile 3 oyuncunun yolları ayrıldı". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  5. ↑ "Nuri Şahin" (in Turkish). Arkas Spor. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  6. 1 2 "Nuri Şahin'den önemli açıklamalar". İnternet Spor (in Turkish). 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  7. ↑ CEV. "2013 CEV Volleyball Cup - Men - Statistics". Retrieved 2013-09-05.

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